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Farming & the land, 1936

11,450 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Lent £25,000,000 Activities of Pastoral Finance Companies

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Friday.--Total loans and advances made by the 20 Australian pastoral finance companies amounted to £25,000,000 the…

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Wheat Stocks. In Government Grain Elevators

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 3

The quantity of 1934/35 season's wheat held in the Sydney terminal elevator on Jan. 16, 1936, totalled 164,000 bushels as compared with…

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Quotati'ns for Wheat Hold Firm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 10

While trading on the local wheat market was not as active as on Thursday, prices for both bulk on Thursday, prices for both…

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Silo Wheat Export Twenty-six Ships Chartered

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 8

The wheat received at country silos this season totals 24,743,000 bushels. The majority of the remaining plants in the late districts have not…

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Dead at 86 Leading Wool Broker LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

The death occurred today, at the age of 86, of Sir James Hill, founder of James Hill and Sons, one of the leading firms in Bradford…

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Wheat Steadier European Co-op. Reports London, January 17

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

Wheat cargoes are steady, following a better closing in North and South American market and adverse crop reports from Europe…

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Pastoral Finance. Relation to Banking. During Economic Depression. Evidence Before the Royal Commission. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 18

The part played by the Australian Pastoral Finance Companies in marketing the products of the land and in supplying capital for farmers was outlined to-day by the chairman of the Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association (Mr. Ronald McPherson)…

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On the Land the Wool Trade. a Buoyant Market. General Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 15

Buoyant selling conditions prevailed at this week's Sydney wool auctions. Any change in prices for fleece wools was in sellers' favour. The simultaneous sales being held in London…

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Japan Uses More Wool We Should Buy More, Says a Critic

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

So far as actual consumption of wool is concerned, England is below Japan, according to Mr. J. Ando, of Kurihara Boshoku Co., Tokio, who…

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Pastoral Companies And Policy Of The Banks Try to Get Into Line Witness Admits the Fact Before Royal Commn. Term Loans Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 5

WHILE denying that there was any agreement between the pastoral finance companies and the banks in Victoria, the…

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Dairy Company Mountain Trade Discussed

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

A special meeting of Nepean Cooperative Dairy and Refrigerating Society Ltd was held in the Dungowan Theatre on Monday evening, convened…

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Poultry Farmers' Stocktaking Should Be a Regular Practice

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 5

On all poultry farms a regular practice should be made of counting the stock at least twice a year, preferably at the end of June and at the end of…

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Farm Novice Handicap 1 Mile.—3.45

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

DON'T hesitate to go in off the deep end on Not So Bad. Harry England's gelding is just rearin' to go. Since he won…

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Farm Double

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

WIDE betting characterises the week-end double—the Sefton Handicap and January Handicap…

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Rural Bank. Remarkable Expansion. Assistance to Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 14

The rise of the Rural Bank of New South Wales from the remnant part of the State Government Savings Bank, when it was taken over by the Commonwealth Bank,…

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Closed Bridge. Inconvenience to Farmers. KYOGLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 14

Since the Railway Commissioners closed the bridge-over the railway Une at Highfield because it was unsafe, dairy farmers west of the line have been forced to take a circuitous…

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Farmer's Vigorous Protest 71 Wheatgrowers May Lose Their Holdings

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 6

REFUSING to admit the Press, the Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. Spooner, yesterday received in camera a deputation of…

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Crops Ruined MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 6

Rain and excessive humidity, followed by bitterly cold nights, have caused extensive damage to the Ovens, Kiewa and King Valley…

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Good Bets for Farm? Water Waggon & Stalwart

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 1

SEVERAL of the events to be decided at to-day's Warwick Farm meeting appear very open, but punters who restrict their…

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A Farm Rule El Senorita May Join Lightweight Winners Miss Nottava Has The Form

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

MIDDLE distance races at Warwick Farm are invariably won by lightly-weighted horses. El Senorita may add another to the list in the January Handicap to-day. The daughter of Ell Cacique gave…

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